Hair-drier.



PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907.

I. ALLEN & G. HANLON.

HAIR DRIER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 12,1906.

1i lo {3 J4 is lNvEN-roRs. ATTEST. ISABELL ALLEN W. Y GEORGE HRNLON'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISABELL ALLEN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND GEORGE HANLON, OF

SHAWNEETOWN, ILLINOIS.

HAIR-DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 12, 1906. Serial No. 321,389.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that we, ISABELL ALLEN and GEORGE HANLON, both citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Kansas City, Jackson county,Missouri, and Shawneetown, Gallatin county, Illinois, respectively, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Briers, of whichthe following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

Our invention relates to a hair-drier; and the object of our inventionis to construct a simple and inexpensive device which is particularlyadapted for use in hair-dressing parlors and by means of which the hairis quickly and thoroughly dried alter washing.

Our invention consists in a coarse-toothed comb which is partiallyheated by an electric-light bulb of peculiar shape arranged in the backof the comb and means whereby air is discharged through the teeth of thecomb, which air has been suitably heated before being delivered to thecomb.

Our invention further consists in certain novel features of constructionand arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully setforth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of our complete devicewith the comb thereof shown enlarged and in vertical section. Fig. 2 isan enlarged cross-section taken on ,the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates ahandle, through the upper portion of which is formed alongitudinally-extending passage 2 and through the lower portion ofwhich is formed a larger passage 3.

Detachably positioned on one end of the handle'l is a comb 4, preferablyconstructed of suitable sheet metal bentdouble, so as to form thecylindrical back 5, which is provided with longitudinally-extendingslots 6, and the teeth of the comb being formed in the extended edges ofthe sheet of'material.

Positioned in the cylindrical back 5 is an elongated electric-light bulb7, which is detachably seated in the end of the handle 1 in alinementwith the passage 2 therethrough, and leading through this passage 2 aresuitable wires 8, which lead to a plug 8 in the -handle 1, against whichthe base ofthe electric-light bulb normally engages.

Leading from the rear end of the handle 1 and from the passage 3 is aflexible tube 9, and said tube, together with the Wires 8, may beextended any distance from the comb, and, if-desired, said wires andflexible tube may be united in any suitable manner in or- T der thatthey will move together and not be- 10, and the opposite conductor 8leads to the' opposite one of these binding-posts.

When our improved device is in use, a current of the proper strength issent through the motor 10, and as a result the fan 11 is driven and airis forced through the cone 11 and through the nozzle 13, in which theheating-coil 14 is located. Thus said air will be heated to a certaindegree and will pass through the flexible tube 9 and will pass fromthence through the passage 3 in the handle 1 and. discharge therefrominto the space between the teeth of the comb 4. The current afterpassing-through the motor 10 and heating-coil 14 will travel through theconductors 8 to the plug 8, and as the contact-plate on the rear end ofthe bulb 7 is in contact with this plug 8" the carbon filament withinsaid bulb will become incandescent, thus generating light and a certainamount of heat, The comb is now engaged by the handle 1, and the teethof said comb are drawn through the hair, and as a result said hair isvery thoroughly dried, owing to the heat generated by the filamentwithin the bulb 7 and the heated air which discharges through the teethof the comb from the passage 7.

A device of our improved construction is simple, inexpensive, easilyoperated, and by its manipulation hair may be very thoroughly andquickly dried.

We claim A hair-drier, constructed with a tubular handle, a hollow backcoinb detachably ar ranged on one end of the handle, an elongatedelectric-light bulb extending through the hollow back of the comb,electrical connections extending through the handle to theelectric-light bulb, an air-conveying tube extending to the handle, acone to which. the

end of the flexible tube is connected, a heating device arranged in theend of the cone, and a fan arranged in the front of the comb for forcingair therethrough substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed. our names to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISABELL ALLEN. GEORGE HANLON.

Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH, E. E. LONGAN.

